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1917 Camp Gordon football team

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1917 Camp Gordon football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–1
Head coach
CaptainBob McWhorter
Seasons
1918 →
1917 military service football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Mare Island Marines     8 0 0
Mineola Aviation Station     3 0 0
Camp Dix     2 0 0
Camp Jackson     2 0 1
Allentown Ambulance Corps     5 1 0
Camp Custer     5 1 0
Camp Gordon     5 1 0
Charlestown Navy Yard     3 1 0
Camp Funston     7 3 0
Camp Lewis     5 2 1
Newport Naval Reserves     5 2 1
Camp Grant     3 1 0
Camp Taylor     2 1 0
Great Lakes Navy     4 3 0
Camp Devens     1 3 2
Camp Meade     1 2 0
League Island Marines     1 3 0
Camp Upton     0 1 0

The 1917 Camp Gordon football team represented Camp Gordon near Augusta, Georgia, during the 1917 college football season.

The team was led by a backfield of former Auburn back and war hero Kirk Newell, former Mercer back Cochran, former Georgia halfback Bob McWhorter, and former Vanderbilt back Wilson Collins. Former Alabama fullback Adrian Van de Graaff backed up Collins. Kid Woodruff of Georgia backed up Newell at quarterback.

On the line, the teams ends were former Virginia player James L. White and former Auburn player Henry W. Robinson. VMI's Blandy Clarkson and Chicago's Royal were tackles. Dartmouth's Lewis and Charles Brown of Vanderbilt were guards. James Bond of Pitt was the team's center. Georgia's Tom Thrash was a sub tackle.[1]

Walter Camp Jr. officiated the Camp Hancock game. Oglethorpe's coach Frank B. Anderson was umpire.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
OglethorpeAtlanta, GAW 53–0
October 27Camp Hancock
W 26–0[2]
November 10at Camp JacksonColumbia, SCL 0–10[3]
November 16Tennessee (SATC)
  • Camp Field
  • Camp Gordon, GA
W 38–0[4]
Fort OglethorpeW 38–0
November 29at AlabamaW 19–6[5]

References

  1. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20120604185111/https://www.rolltide.com/datadump/fls_files/files/football/1910s/1917.pdf
  2. ^ Dick Jemison (October 28, 1917). "Camp Gordon Eleven Wins Over Camp Hancock, 26-0". The Atlanta Constitution. pp. 3–4 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Gordon Eleven Loses To Jackson". The Atlanta Constitution. November 11, 1917. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Gen. Erwin's Steam Rollers Blanked University of Tennessee on Camp Field". The Atlanta Constitution. November 17, 1917. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Gordon Steam Rollers Win Over Thin Red Line". The Atlanta Constitution. November 30, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.